The Americans With Disabilities Act as Engine of Social Change: Models of Disability and the Potential of a Civil Rights Approach |
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| Authors: | Andrew I Batavia Kay Schriner |
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| Institution: | associate professor at the School of Policy and Management of Florida International University. He formerly served in several key disability policy positions in the federal government, including senior staff member of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Legislative Assistant to U. S. Senator John McCain of Arizona, Special Assistant to U. S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, and Executive Director of the National Council on Disability.;research professor at the University of Arkansas. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies;, and has published extensively on a broad array of disability policy issues including employment, voting rights, and the ADA. |
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| Abstract: | The Americans With Disabilities Act, based on the civil rights/minority group and independent living models of disability, may enhance access to health care, personal assistance, employment, the electoral process, and smoke-free environments for people with disabilities. However, this essential law cannot resolve these key issues. Supplemental theoretical and policy approaches will be necessary to promote fundamental change. |
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